Integrated Water Resources Management for Climate Resilience, developed by UNEP-DHI in partnership with Cap-Net UNDP, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, UN-Habitat, Global Water Partnership and UNDP, is an online, free and self-paced course that offers five modules designed to help practitioners plan climate resilient measures in the water sector.
The WIPO GREEN database is a free, solutions oriented, global innovation catalogue that connects needs for solving environmental or climate change problems with tangible solutions. The database consists of user uploads of needs and solutions, green technology patents from the WIPO Patentscope database, imports from select partner organizations, relevant knowledge material, and relevant expert profiles.
UNEP-DHI is providing technical assistance to the pilot project Water Resources Information System (WRIS) provides an information system tailored for Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), enabling county governments and national agencies to better plan and manage water resources in the face of worsening climate pressures.
The UNEP-DHI Centre is supporting the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the five-year “RESTORE” initiative by delivering detailed hydrological assessments and decision-support modelling that will guide the rehabilitation and sustainable operation of the Jowhar Off-stream Storage Programme, strengthen flood and drought management across the Shabelle Basin, and build climate-resilient livelihoods for communities in south-central Somalia.
As part of the ongoing efforts under the Global Wetland Watch (GWW) initiative, a national consultation and coordination visit across Australia was conducted. The purpose of this trip was to engage directly with key stakeholders involved in wetland monitoring, policy, and conservation.
This year, twelve countries are undertaking multi-stakeholder processes to answer that question as they embark on national action planning, assisted by the SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme, implemented by GWP in coordination with the UNEP-DHI Centre, under the leadership of UNEP.
The goal: to design actionable, investment-ready action plans that mobilise resources from a range of funding sources — including national budgets, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and bilateral funders.
The UN-Water Analytical Brief on Water for Climate Mitigation discusses the dependency of climate mitigation on the use of water and the effective management of water resources and related services to ensure sustainable and effective outcomes.
Stakeholder Consultations were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, between 13-14th of March 2025 by UNEP and UNEP-DHI with a focus to develop a Hydrological Decision Support System (HDSS) for the Lac Tele-Lac Tumba landscape.
A new Technical Note highlights the progress made and the challenges that remain in achieving sustainable water management across the African continent. It focuses on the status and direction of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate resilience, and financing for infrastructure based on SDG 6.5.1 data (2023).
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) needs to be part of the discussion for the climate change adaptation agenda at UNFCCC COP 29. With the conference running in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11th to 22nd, it’s an opportune moment to assess the coordination between water resources management and climate actions.
The UNEP-DHI Centre is developing an online tool to support upscaling of urban Nature based Solutions (NBS) climate solutions, under UNEP’s Generation Restoration initiative (2023-2025). The Urban NBS Tool will support the identification and assessment of key environmental data in the project cities, with the goal to better understand climate risks and NBS potential to address these risks within the pilot cities.
Rising temperatures are increasingly disrupting the global water cycle, exposing millions of people across the globe to reduced water security. A UNEP report promotes blending the practices of integrated water resources management (IWRM) and climate change adaptation to expedite progress in both fields and use financial resources efficiently.
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